Lead Engineer

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments. Freudenberg Flow Technologies is a global provider of critical sealing and connector solutions, niche products and services to the global energy market — including oil and gas, renewables and alternatives. Our strengths in material science, application knowledge, design capabilities and manufacturing capacity, combined with our differentiated product portfolio, are supported by our focus on providing the highest level of customer service. Our employees serve a range of customers including oil and gas production companies, OEMs and engineering and service companies. Some of your Benefits Diversity & Inclusion: We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success. Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career. Safe Environment: We strive to ensure safety remains a top priority, and provide a stable environment for our employees. Sustainability & Social Commitment: We support social and sustainable projects and encourage employee involvement. Vacation: We offer time off to refresh and recharge. Drammen On-Site Freudenberg Flow Technologies AS You support our team as Lead Engineer Responsibilities

• Provide a leading role for an engineering team on a day-to-day basis through a supervisory capacity and ensure the engineering team members fully understand their roles, responsibilities and key performance indicators. Lead the team effectively by:
• Fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture
• Provide Constructive feedback regularly
• Constructively manage performance and/or behavior related issues
• Support professional development, identify skills gaps and support training/upskilling
• Lead by example
• Deal with day-to-day Engineering personnel, applications engineering issues and processes and provide a source of technical expertise to the business, colleagues and customers, as required.
• Provide support for all realted parties (e.g. Management, Operations, Manufacturing and Quality Acceptance and Control) with regards to technical expertise.
• Initiate and develop feasible, cost effective and reliable mechanical designs from concept through to production that meet customer requirements and Company objectives.
• Looks beyond exisiting methodologies and their own discipline to define and resolve highly complex problems.
• Working with the engineering management, outline the development needs of higher performing Engineers in the Engineering Department and mentor them for further development within the Company
• Significantly contributes to the development of the innovative products and processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of practical engineering experience preferably in the Energy Sector.
• BSME or equivalent required. Master’s degree, Professional or Chartered Engineering Licensed preferred.
• Highly Knowledgeable of Connector’s group products and services is preferred.
• Regarded as global technical resource and/or as unique, technical go-to person within a broader organizational unit
• Working knowledge of various industry codes, including ASME Sec VIII and API preferred
• Strong analytical abilities. Good working knowledge of Mathcad is preferred.
• Preferred knowledge of ANSYS non-linear analysis and ADPL script.
• Leadership skills.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.